Christmas is a time of tradition, and as
New England is a traditional place, Christmas
fits right in.

In Boston,
a towering Nova Scotia white spruce is
erected on Boston
Common, a gift
of the people of Halifax, perpetually thankful
for the aid Boston gave to Halifax after
the terrifying munitions explosion of December
6, 1917—the
largest man-made explosion in history until
that time—leveled most of the city.